Vehicles burnt as Okada riders, police clash in Lagos

 Vehicles burnt as Okada riders, police clash in Lagos

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At least three vehicles were burnt and two patrol vans vandalised when Okada riders and policemen attached to the Elemoro Division Police Station in the Ibeju Lekki area of Lagos State clashed on Monday afternoon.

It was gathered that the incident occurred when police officers apprehended a motorcyclist who drove against traffic. The motorcyclist was said to have been shot dead in inexplicable circumstance.

In protest, other Okada riders stormed the Elemoro police station and burnt three vehicles and vandalised two patrol vans parked within the premises.

Police Public Relations Officer in the state, Muyiwa Adejebi, however, said the police station was not set ablaze.

Adejobi in a statement also said another police station in the Ile-Epo area of the state was also not set ablaze.

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The statement was titled, ‘No Police Station Was Burnt In Lagos As Police Restore Normalcy To Ile Epo, Elemoro-Lagos’.

It read, “The Lagos State Police Command has tactically repelled some hoodlums who attempted to set ablaze the Oke Odo Division of the command today 24th May, 2021 and twelve (12) of them were arrested. The command wishes to state clearly that no live was lost and the Police Station was never burnt.

“Similarly, the command has restored normalcy to Elemoro where another set of hoodlums attempted to set ablaze the newly built police station which accommodates the Area J Command, Ajah and Elemoro Division of the command, in connection with a case of fatal accident recorded in the area, on Monday 24th May, 2021.

“The Commissioner of Police, Lagos State, Hakeem Odumosu, has deployed adequate personnel to the areas. He has also ordered that the incidences at Oke Odo, Ile Epo and Elemoro be thoroughly investigated. The details of the incidences will be revealed as soon as possible.

“The Commissioner of Police therefore appealed to the general public to remain calm and go about their lawful businesses as all hands are on deck to suppress any act of lawlessness and criminality in the state.”